On This Day On New Years Day in 1985 United beat Middlesbrough 1-0 at Ayresome Park in front of 6,757, Trevor Hebberd scoring the goal. The following season in Division One Oxford went down 3-1 to QPR at Loftus Road, Dave Leworthy scoring United's consolation in his second game for the club. United also played  [ more ]

Hope springs eternal Those nice people at the Pools Panel have determined that Oxford United v. Port Vale constitutes a home win. Can we play them every week?In the only game today involving teams at the bottom of Division Two Luton Town lost 2-0 at home to Wigan to leave the gap between them and  [ more ]

End of the Millennium postponement blues Tomorrow's game against Port Vale at the Manor has been postponed due to ice on the terraces and the likelihood of a frozen pitch. This means that United ends this most dismal year on a losing note (not that we wouldn't have lost to Port Vale), the only consolation  [ more ]

Merry Bloody Christmas (Bah, humbug!) United traditionally lost the Boxing Day fixture at home to Bournemouth to ensure that their fans didn't have their expectations dashed with any unseasonal cheer. Two goals from Jermaine Defoe in the 7th and 64th minutes sandwiched a 12th minute Peter Fear equaliser to leave Oxford in desparate straits. Ross  [ more ]

Silvery linings (ish) The less bad news after yesterday's defeat is that all the other teams involved in the relegation scrap also lost, so United didn't lose any ground on those above us. Luton went down 4-1 at Reading whilst Swansea lost 2-1 at Wycombe. Port Vale also played on Friday, losing 2-0 at home  [ more ]

U's winning run comes to a halt United went down 3-2 for the fourth time in five weeks at Colchester this evening in a result which brings to a premature end the optimism (relatively speaking) engendered after last Saturday's victory. Colchester were 2-0 up at half-time through goals from Barry Conlon after 27 minutes and  [ more ]

Colchester preview United travel to Layer Road tomorrow night for a fixture rearranged from the Saturday to allow those poor Essex folk to concentrate on their christmas shopping. United's side will contain one forced change from the team which beat Northampton on Saturday, with midfielder Keith Andrews having been recalled to Wolves. Andrews' probable replacement  [ more ]

No more Keiths Wolves' caretaker boss John Ward has recalled midfielder Keith Andrews from his loan spell at the Manor, meaning a probably recall for Peter Fear or, less likely, Dean Whitehead for the game at Colchester on Friday. Dave Kemp was particularly disappointed because he had just agreed with Wolves former boss Colin Lee  [ more ]

Hops rearranged United's away game against Peterborough, due to take place on January 6th, will now have to be rescheduled following Borough's 1-0 win at Oldham this evening in the 2nd round replay. Posh will now play (and hopefully beat) Chelsea in the third round. Reserves looted United's reserves lost 1-0 to Luton at Kenilworth  [ more ]

United's reserves play at Luton tonight. The United team will feature Clas André Guttulsrød in goal, plus possibly two other triallists, identities currently unknown. The result will be posted here when we find out what it is.